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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Reeve (1864): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Reeve, L. 1864. Genus Unio. Conchologica Iconica 16: pls. 2-18. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio apiculatus Say, 1829 = Quadrula quadrula

Unio arcæformis Lea, 1831 = Epioblasma arcaeformis
+ Unio nexus Say, 1831

Unio asper Lea, 1831 = Quadrula quadrula

Unio atrocostatus Lea, 1848 = Amblema plicata

Unio bullata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio caelatus Conrad, 1834 = Lemiox rimosus

Unio caperatus Lea, 1845 = Dromus dromas

Unio capsaeformis Lea, 1834 = Epioblasma capsaeformis

Unio chattanoogaensis Lea, 1858 = Pleurobema decisum

Unio cicatricosus Say, 1829 = Plethobasus cicatricosus
+ Unio varicosus Lea, 1831

Unio cooperianus Lea, 1834 = Plethobasus cooperianus

Unio corium Reeve, 1864 = Psoronaias semigranosa

Unio costatus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Amblema plicata
+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823

Unio crocodilorum Morelet, 1849 = Psoronaias semigranosa

Unio cuneatus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema clava

Unio cyphius [sic] (Rafinesque, 1820) = Plethobasus cyphyus
+ Unio aesopus Green, 1827

Unio decisus Lea, 1831 = Pleurobema decisum

Unio depressus Lamarck, 1819 = Velesunio ambiguus
+ Unio balonnensis Conrad, 1850

Unio depressus Lamarck, 1819 = Hyridella depressa

Unio deviatus ‘Anthony MS’ Reeve, 1864 = Epioblasma turgidula

Unio dorfeuillianus Lea, 1838 = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio dromas Lea, 1834 = Dromus dromas

Unio edgarianus Lea, 1840 = Fusconaia cor

Unio elliottii Lea, 1856 = Amblema elliottii

Unio flexuosus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma flexuosa
+ Unio foliatus Hildreth, 1828

Unio forsheyi Lea, 1859 = Quadrula quadrula

Unio fragosus Conrad, 1836 = Quadrula fragosa

Unio gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma torulosa
+ Unio perplexus Lea, 1831

Unio graniferus Lea, 1838 = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Unio haysianus Lea, 1834 = Epioblasma haysiana

Unio heros Say, 1829 = Megalonaias nervosa
+ Unio multiplicatus Lea, 1831

Unio hippopæus [sic] Lea, 1845 = Amblema plicata

Unio intermedius Conrad, 1836 = Theliderma intermedia

Unio interrupta (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma brevidens
+ Unio brevidens Lea, 1831

Unio interrupta (Rafinesque, 1820) = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Unio interventus Lea, 1861 = Pleurobema perovatum

Unio irroratus Lea, 1828 = Cyprogenia stegaria

Unio kleinianus Lea, 1852 = Pustulosa kleiniana

Unio lachrymosus [sic] Lea, 1828 = Quadrula quadrula

Unio leai Gray, Griffith, 1834
+ Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815
+ Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815

Unio leai Gray, Griffith, 1834 = Aculamprotula nodulosa

Unio leai Gray, Griffith, 1834 = Lamprotula leaii

Unio lenior Lea, 1840 = Epioblasma lenior
+ Unio lenis Lea, 1840

Unio medius Lea, 1861 = Pleurobema georgianum

Unio metanever (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio nodosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio rugosus Barnes, 1823

Unio metanever (Rafinesque, 1820) = Theliderma metanevra

Unio mundus Lea, 1857 = Pleurobema oviforme

Unio nodulatus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pustulosa nodulata

Unio nucleopsis Conrad, 1849 = Pleurobema georgianum

Unio obesus Lea, 1831 = Uniomerus carolinianus

Unio patulus Lea, 1829 = Pleurobema clava

Unio penitus Conrad, 1834 = Epioblasma penita

Unio perdix Lea, 1834 = Ortmanniana pectorosa
+ Unio pectorosus Conrad, 1834

Unio perlensis [sic] Conrad, 1855 = Amblema plicata

Unio pernodosus Lea, 1845 = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio personatus Say, 1829 = Epioblasma personata
+ Unio capillaris Lea, 1834

Unio phillipsii Conrad, 1835 = Obliquaria reflexa

Unio pileus Lea, 1834 = Epioblasma personata

Unio plicatus Say = Amblema plicata
+ Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rariplicata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio dombeyana Valenciennes, 1827

Unio plicatus Say = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Unio prasinus Conrad, 1834 = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio quadratus [sic] (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio quadrulus Say, 1834
+ Unio asperrimus Lea, 1831

Unio rangianus Lea, 1838 = Epioblasma rangiana

Unio ravenelianus Lea, 1834 = Pleurobema oviforme

Unio reflexus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Obliquaria reflexa
+ Unio cornutus Barnes, 1823

Unio ridibundus Say, 1829 = Epioblasma obliquata

Unio sacculus ‘Anthony, MS’ Reeve, 1864 = Epioblasma florentina

Unio schoolcraftensis Lea, 1834 = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio nodiferus Conrad, 1841

Unio sowerbyanus [sic] Lea, 1834 = Epioblasma haysiana

Unio sparsus Lea, 1841 = Theliderma sparsa

Unio stapes Lea, 1831 = Theliderma stapes

Unio stegarius (Rafinesque, 1820) = Cyprogenia stegaria

Unio stewardsonii Lea, 1852 = Epioblasma stewardsonii

Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829 = Epioblasma obliquata

Unio tavoyensis Gould, 1843 = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831 = Plectomerus dombeyanus
+ Unio interruptus Say, 1831

Unio tuberculatus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Cyclonaias tuberculata
+ Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio tuberculosus Valenciennes, 1827

Unio turgidulus Lea, 1858 = Epioblasma turgidula

Unio turgidus Lea, 1838 = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio mortoni Conrad, 1835

Unio vittatus Lea, 1859 = Velesunio ambiguus

Unio woodwardianus [sic] Lea, 1857 = Ptychobranchus foremanianus
+ Unio woodwardianus Lea, 1859

 
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